BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. Sopranos (left to right): cantrice Marilu Reyes, Cynthia Bih, Louinn Lota; Fr. Antonio Galindo, OFM; choir founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas; basses Marco Latini, Mike Tabor; after Sunday, June 9, 2024, Mass at Assumption Parish.
He is Risen! Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, Immaculate Conception Church
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, Immaculate Conception Church. Adult choristers behind students left to right: sopranos Cynthia Bih, Marilu Reyes, Louinn Lota; alto Alisa Benitez, tenor choirmaster/conductor Vince Bastidas, Fr. Ted Ley, SM, basses Mike Tabor and Marco Latini. Schola adults not pictured or not visible: alto Gennesis Tadeo and soprano Christina van Ingen.
Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles
Assumption Church, March 24, 2024, left to right front row: Sopranos Louinn Lota and cantrice Christina van Ingen; altos Gennesis Tadeo and Alisa Benitez; Fr. Ted Ley, SM; second row: tenors Abraham Tadeo and choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas. Backmost row: basses Mike Tabor, with facemask, and Marco Latini. Photo by Lydia V. Solis. Not pictured: soprano Cynthia Bih.
First Lenten Mass of 2024, Assumption Catholic Church, Boyle Heights, CA, Feb. 25
ASSUMPTION PARISH, SECOND SUNDAY in LENT, Feb. 25. Back row left to right: Choirmaster/Conductor Vince Bastidas, tenor; Mike Tabor, bass; Marco Latini, baritone; and Abraham Tadeo, tenor. Adults in the front row left to right: Founder/Keyboardist Marianist Fr. Ted Ley, DMA (Doctorate of Musical Arts), Ch.M. (Church Music); Louinn Lota, soprano; Fr. Antonio Galindo, OFM; Cantrice Marilu Reyes, soprano; altos Gennesis Tadeo and Alisa Benitez.
First Eucharist of Christmas 2023 at St. Anthony of Padua, Gardena, CA
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, Gardena, CA, Dec. 24, 2023: Schola and alumni, First Eucharist of Christmas. Back row left to right: Julio Maldonado; choirmaster and tenor Vince Bastidas; Theo Greene, Clint Damm, bass Mike Tabor; Luis Navarro. Middle row (l-f): Schola founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; Elizabeth Tew, sopranos Christina van Ingen, Marilu Reyes; alto Gennesis Tadeo, tenor Abraham Tadeo. Front row (l-f): Glecy Rosario, sopranos Louinn Lota, Cynthia Bih; alto Alisa Benitez. Not pictured: alumni singers Lynh Nguyen and Karen Timko. Alumni singing with congregation: David Bastidas, Kevin Ramirez, Stephanie Bastidas.
Schola at Marianist Brothers' Jubilee 2024, Queen of Apostles Church, San Jose, California
SAN JOSE, California _ Schola Cantorum of the Pacific celebrates Society of Mary jubilarians at Queen of Apostles Roman Catholic Church in San Jose on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Jubilarians seated left to right: Bro. James Leahy, 80 years professed; Fr. Robert Hughes, 75 years; Bro. William Bolts, 70 years; and standing, Bro. Roger Bau, 60 years. Schola choristers standing left to right: Basses Marco Latini and Mike Tabor; soprano Christina van Ingen; tenor choirmaster/cantor Vicente Bastidas; Schola founder Marianist Fr. Ted Ley, keyboardist; sopranos Marilu Reyes, Louinn Lota and Cynthia Bih.
Good Shepherd Sunday at Church of the Assumption, Boyle Heights, CA, July 21, 2024
BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. — Good Shepherd Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Church of the Assumption. Schola Cantorum of the Pacific members (left to right): Bass Marco Latini; founder, Marianist Fr. Ted Ley; alto Alisa Benitez; soprano Christina van Ingen; bass Mike Tabor; visiting archdiocesan priest, Fr. Sebastian Sandoval; sopranos, cantrice Marilu Reyes and Louinn Lota; conductor/choirmaster tenor Vince Bastidas; and soprano Cynthia Bih. Photo taken by visiting Marianist Bro. Gary Morris.
Church of the Assumption, Boyle Heights, CA, Nov. 10, 2024 -- 32nd SUNDAY in Ordinary Time
BOYLE HEIGHTS, East Los Angeles, CA — Schola Cantorum of the Pacific adults sing 11 a.m. Mass at Church of the Assumption, Nov. 10, 2024. Singers from left to right: soprano Cynthia Bih; bass Mike Tabor; soprano/alto Christina van Ingen; choirmaster/tenor Vince Bastidas; soprano Louinn Lota; bass Marco Latini; cantrice and soprano/alto Marilu Reyes. First Mass sung using electronic keyboard accompaniment recorded in advance by founder and artistic director Fr. Ted Ley, SM, now based at the Marianist Center in Cupertino, Northern California. Photo courtesy of Vince Bastidas, timed cellphone selfie.
Schola Cantorale at Assumption Catholic Parish, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, Laetare Sunday, the Fourth in Lent, March 30, 2025.
The Schola Cantorale at Assumption Church, Laetare Sunday, March 30, 2025. Left to right: Cynia Bih, Louinn Lota - harpist, Marilu Reyes, Zachary Garcia, Marco Latini, Michael Tabor and Vicente Bastidas - Schola Director of Music. The Cantorale sang and led music by Brahms, Fr. Deiss, the Responsorial Psalm setting in the Schola's own psaltery, new music by Fr. Ley for the Eucharistic Prayer; the Schola's choral-congregational setting of Parce Domine with the traditional successively higher keys; and children's music composed for this catechetical and Family Mass.
Christmas Carols & Choruses at the historic La Placita parish of Downtown Los Angeles
The Schola Cantorum of the Pacific and the Escolanía Pacífica choir of Immaculate Conception School of Downtown Los Angeles, in Christmas concert at the La Placita Parish Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, Dec. 15, 2024, with “Villancicos Navideños.” The concert featured music from the California Missions Era, Gregorian Chant, Renaissance polyphony, and Schola classic carol arrangements in several languages, under the direction of the Choirmaster of the Schola and Escolanía, Vicente Bastidas-Elizondo.
Villancicos y Cantos Navideños at Olvera Street, Dec. 3, 2023
OLVERA STREET, Los Angeles, CA - Dec. 3, 2023. Schola Cantorum beside or behind Immaculate Conception School singers (left to right): Founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM, DMA; Garrett Hill, glockenspiel and tenor; Mike Tabor, bass; Abraham Tadeo, tenor; Marilu Reyes, soprano; altos Gennesis Tadeo and Alisa Benitez; conductor/tenor Vince Bastidas; sopranos Cynthia Bih and Louinn Lota.
27th ordinary time Liturgy/schola celebrating its 47th anniversary Oct. 8, 2023
Oct. 8, 2023. Front row (left to right): Marilu Reyes, soprano and cantrice, and soprano Louinn Lota; tenor Ricardo Peñaloza; alto Gennesis Tadeo; soprano Cynthia Bih. Back row (left to right): tenor Abraham Tadeo; bass Mike Tabor; keyboardist and founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; tenors Garrett Hill and Vince Bastidas, conductor and cantor. Not pictured: Soprano Christina van Ingen.
Music City Summer Tour, Nashville, Tennessee August, 2023
Aug. 19, 2023, Evening Concert. Top Row: tenors Russ Bartoli (cellist), Abraham Tadeo; altos Gennesis Tadeo, Alisa Benitez; bass Bro. David Marshall, OSA. First Row: sopranos Marilu Reyes, Christina van Ingen, Cynthia Bih, Louinn Lota. Conductor and tenor, Vince Bastidas. Seated: Brian Clements, flutist and clarinetist; Fr. Ted Ley, SM, Schola Cantorum of the Pacific founder and keyboardist.
St Mary of Seven Sorrows Summer Concert
NASHVILLE, Tennessee _ The concert features rarely heard Gregorian chants, music by French composer Josquin des Prez, Italian Renaissance sacred music master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, English Renaissance choral composer Thomas Tallis, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, vocal music composer Benjamin Britten and Taizé composer Jacques Berthier. Choristers and featured instrumentalists - San Francisco, CA, cellist Russell F. Bartoli, and Woodland Hills, CA flutist/clarinetist Brian Clements will be directed by Conductor Vicente Bastidas and Fr. Ted Ley, S.M., DMA, founder 47 years ago of the Schola Cantorum of the Pacific.
Evening Concert, 7:30 Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at historic St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows, in Nashville, Tennessee. Top row left: tenor Abraham Tadeo; altos Gennesis Tadeo, Alisa Benitez; bass Augustinian Bro. David Marshall, OSA. First row left: sopranos Marilu Reyes, Christina van Ingen, Cynthia Bih, Louinn Lota. Foreground: Conductor and tenor Vicente Bastidas-Elizondo.
Musicians: Cellist Russell Bartoli, flutist/clarinetist Brian Clements, and at the keyboard, Fr. Ted Ley, SM, DMA. Choir from bottom row: Conductor and tenor Vicente Bastidas-Elizondo. First row (left to right): tenor Abraham Tadeo, sopranos Marilu Reyes, Christina van Ingen, Cynthia Bih, Louinn Lota. Top row: altos Gennesis Tadeo, Alisa Benitez, Bro. David Marshall, OSA, singing bass.
The Schola frequently joins with the concert Escolania of the parish school, for Masses and gatherings of Immaculate Conception Parish in Downtown Los Angeles
Holy Thursday, 4 pm April 6, 2023, Immaculate Conception School students join Schola for Family Mass. Photo by Lydia V. Solis
The Schola Cantorale sings regularly at Assumption Parish in the Los Angeles district of Boyle Heights
Combined choirs sing Jan. 8, 2023, Solemnity of the Epiphany of our Lord. Adult Schola members: Front row left, Marilu Reyes soprano/cantrice; second row left Louinn Lota, soprano. First male back row, Francisco Garcia, bass, Ricardo Peñaloza, tenor, Mike Tabor, bass. First male second row, Abraham Tadeo, tenor, Fr. Ted Ley, SM, organist, and Vince Bastidas, tenor/conductor.
In Memoriam
Dear Visitors to our website,
It is with a heavy heart that we of the Schola Cantorum of the Pacific acknowledge the unexplainable loss of our great friend, Regional Bishop David O'Connell of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, who succumbed to a violent attack in February, 2023. In joining the many shared words of condolence, we can only cite what St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, and Catholics worldwide sing at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament: “Faith alone can supply where the senses fail.” Rest in peace, special friend of the poor and the needy.
Fr. Ted Ley, SM
Schola Family Spirit
The family spirit of the original schola group, as a small christian community continues with current choristers and alumni, united with marianist religious and laity worldwide.
Bro. Jack Dempsey, SM (left), now of Cupertino, California; and Fr. Jim Heft, SM, now of the University of Dayton, Ohio — two of the six men lauded at 2022 Jubilee Mass at the Marianist Center in Cupertino.. Photos courtesy of the jubilarians. Photo of San Francisco skyline seen from the Golden Gate Bridge, by Vince Bastidas.
Rehearsal scene
At our Christmas party Dec. 17, 2024, at Assumption Parish, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Left-to-right: bass, Marco Latini; Choirmaster/tenor Vince Bastidas; Schola Founder Fr. Ted Ley, SM; Sopranos, Louinn Lota, Cynthia Bih, Christina van Ingen, Marilu Reyes.
Escolanía family mourns a loss
Mrs. Irma Sanchez, mother and aunt to Escolanía several Escolanía singers, remembered in a Mass and burial, Saturday, June 29, 2024
